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The Position
We are looking for an experienced marketing professional to build a strategic and scalable customer advocacy presence in Japan. This will entail developing relationships with top customers and working with them to share their stories in mutually beneficial ways, including: engaging customer videos, written stories, business value studies, media interviews and keynote speaking opportunities. This will also entail developing assets in English to promote the most significant customer stories across Asia Pacific and globally. The ideal candidate will build strong connections, processes and strategic alignment across internal teams to ensure we focus customer storytelling efforts in alignment with go to market messages and priorities. This role reports to the Customer Advocacy Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.
Job Description
What you get to do in this role:Increase ServiceNow's awareness in Japan and enable the ServiceNow sales organization to close deals faster by delivering customer testimonials that create market and selling impactBuild and nurture strategic customer advocacy relationships with executive customer spokespeople and ensure mutual benefit and positive experience from advocacy activitiesDevelop strategic alignment with sales, solutions consulting, marketing, product marketing and communications regarding customer storytelling priorities to identify and produce compelling stories that support sales and marketingProactively recruit and engage customers to join the ServiceNow customer advocacy program that attracts and appreciates customersOnboard new customer reference contacts to learn their story and help them understand the value of being part of our customer advocacy program, ensure stellar customer experiences when they engage in advocacy activitiesCreate and maintain a library of customer stories in many formats - case studies, blogs, paid articles, videos, slides for sales and social media cards to promote success we bring to our customers in Japan (in Japanese and English)Refine and oversee end-to-end process for creating customer content, including interviewing and producing impactful written and video success storiesFocus on finding a human angle and c-suite relevance in each customer story to create assets that resonate with the audience and position ServiceNow as a technology partner of choice for our prospectsCollaborate with the broader Customer Advocacy team to develop and recommend customers stories from Japan for story development in support of Marketing and Communications priorities across Asia Pacific and globally.Ensure delivery against program KPIs, including publishing of targeted customer stories, keynote speakers for major events, PR/AR coverage, references for key product announcements and marketing campaigns, plus provide monthly/quarterly/year-end reporting on accomplishments against goalsEnsure agencies are trained and leveraged effectively for consistency and qualityServe as a customer reference concierge to sales who becomes an expert in matching customer references with prospectsBuild and deliver sales reference at scale activities such 1:1 sales reference calls to support sales growth prioritiesManage, fulfill and monitor sales reference requests, and track outcomes for reportingAnalyze the ongoing performance of the program to improve reference efficacy and help drive program adoptionQualifications
To be successful in this role you have:8+ years of experience in the information technology and cloud industries in a customer advocacy, customer reference or customer-facing marketing role (PR & Communications experience is a plus)Demonstrated success delivering compelling customer stories-written, video and stage, with ability to share published examplesProven track record working effectively with customer and internal executives, sales, BU's and marketing to build strong relationships and achieve outcomesPast successes working with large brand customers to engage in customer advocacy, including ability to effectively navigate internal customer requirements for communications and legal approvalClear understanding of marketing, sales and communications priorities and track record successfully partnering to deliver high impact customer storiesStrong Japan market knowledge with experience in a SaaS / Enterprise Software companyHigh energy, "own it" personality and ability to drive process improvement and thrive in a in a fast-paced, high-growth environment under tight timelines;Highly driven self-starter that acts daily with a sense of urgencyExceptional communication cross-functionally and at all levels including senior managementExcellent project management skills with an ability to prioritize independently and delegate tasks to contractors or agencies when appropriateExcellent cross-functional team player that can excel at both strategy and executionStrong presentation, writing and communication skills both in English and JapaneseProficient in Microsoft Office (PPT, Excel, Word, Outlook)Additional Information
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